Improved bed-bottom



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IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

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TO ALL vWHOM I'l MAI7 CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. IQMABBETT, of Titusville, in the county ofCrawford, and in the State oi'- Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements -in Bed-Bottoms; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear,-a nd exact description thereof, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference.marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,A'represents the legs, and B the sides of an ordinary bedstead. l

C C represent levers, pivoted in side' of and to the side-rails B B, andhave a. suitable cross-bar or slet con'- necting their lower endstogether. The upper ends of the levers C C are slotted, and have smallpulleys, ll, adjusted therein, which form suitable rests for the arms DD. The arms D D are also pivoted to the inside ot the side-rails B B,nearer the foot than the levers C C, and, with their crossfslats, jj,form a suitablehead-rest when elevated to suit.

A crank and suitable winding-shaft, d, are adjusted to the head ofthebedstead, or legs thereof, as' shown, the shaft being provided with asmall hole, in which the dog or 'hook l)ivwill catch, and thereby holdsaid shaft from turning. l l.

v'cord, b, is attached to the shaft d an'd to the cross-piece,-connecting the levers C C together.

By turning the crank, fl, the cord .b is wound up, and the levers C Care operated, and the arms D D, forining a, l1ea d-rest, are elevatedthereby tof any point or position desired, when the dog fis caught inthe hole in the winding-shaftd. l

Attached to each ofthe posts A, just above the side and end-rails, areelastic bands or rings',gy, as shown, in which I hook suitable cross andend-pieces for my bed-bottounl Pinned to one of'these end-pieces, andpassing through loops in the other, is a series of slats, t h, as willbe'seen'by reference to the drawings.

The two outside slatsare pinned at both ends, to keep the cross orend-pieces from spreading toofar apart.

' The slats h L are composed or made of two slats or strips, pinned orriveted together at their opnsiteends, and blocks or spreaders, x x,inserted and secured 'between the twoY parts, as shown, thereby making nspringslat, which may be used as a spring' for cheap sofas or settees,or for lght'vehicles, as well as for a bedbo ttom,

as herein described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I"I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Iatent, is- The combination of the slats L7L, constructed as described, andtheir bands, gg, with the movable armsD D, cross-slats'jj, levers C C, having pulleys at their tops, cords ff,andwinding-shaftel, the several parts being constructed, arranged, andused as specified. A

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand andseal, this 26th day of February, 1368v J. I, MABBETT. [L. s]

Witnesses:

GEORGE Gunmen, SIMON STRoUsE.

